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First, thank you guys so much for all the information, I really really appreciate it!!! I did the Epsom salt treatment for 2 weeks and had been feeding him half a frozen pea a day. I do the epsom salt in a seperate tank, let him soak, then do put him back in his regular tank. I've also been...

Thank you guys for your quick replies. My sister said the swelling basically started in 1-2 days. From the top I do not think he looks like a pinecone. I have fasted him for a week now, twice feeding him peas. He is still bloated. I fed him just a bit this morning because I was worried since he...

Hi, I've had my betta fish for a year and 9 months now and on Thursday my sister noticed bloating starting. I was gone for 2 weeks so she was taking care of him. I returned Friday and she said it had started yesterday. He eats 6 pellets of betta food a day. I've tried fasting (fed him Friday...

Wow that's so cool! I love my sweet fish and he just keeps getting better and better!!! Thank you so much for sharing the video! Thanks to everyone for their replies, I'm glad I didn't treat him for a disease he didn't have! I didn't know I had a marble betta, I got him at a free fish event in...

Thank you guys so much!! Such a relief to know that he's going to be okay! I will get him a plant with roots hopefully by the end of the week! I have one more question. When they change color, is it usually so drastic so fast? He used to be a dark red to purple, and now he's almost white and its...

Thanks for all the input! So, he normally is in a 3.5 gallon tank that has a heater that keeps it about 80 degrees and a filter that runs constantly. He has a light which is on for about 14-16 hours a day then off at night. He also has a plant. And he loves the castle when I got it he swam in...

Please help! I've had my betta fish, Narwhal, for over a year and I love him so much! This afternoon I noticed he is all white and his fins color is gone by the body! I don't know what to do! I've moved him to a quarantine tank with aquarium salt. I don't want him to die. I read it may be caused...

A couple more questions... I should move Narwhal to the 1 gallon while I'm getting his real tank cycled, correct? When I do this would you recommend adding aquarium salt to help with his fins? Also, as far as 'acclimating' a fish to a new tank/water, the way I did it was put him and his old...

Thank you all for all your advice! I had no idea there was so much involved with keeping a fish healthy in a tank! I thought the filter and heater would have been enough. I will get the testing kit and start the cycle and hopefully see some improvement!

So unfortunately, I don't have a testing kit right now or access to one at the moment. I will order one online but there's no telling when it would get here. So while I wait to get that (hopefully soon!), what do you mean by 'cycling the tank'? I have a carbon filter cartridge in the filter that...

Thank you both for your advice! So update, I took a sample of his water to Petsmart to have it tested and they said everything looked good. As far as a water changing schedule, I don't really have a set one. I change about 50% of his water about every 2 weeks. Since he has a carbon filter, I...

Hi, I got a free betta fish at a college event in September. Since I've gotten him, I've treated him for Cotton Fin Fungus once and what I thought was recurring fin rot several times from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I used aquarium salt and bettafix (the bettafix actually made it worse), then...